BlockNorthrup, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Giddings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78942. The Survey maps it on the Warda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1919 USGS Giddings quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Warda quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Northrup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHUMAKER |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHUMAKER #2 |
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JURK FIRE |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 S 2 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHNEIDER WELDING |
| 5 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOAT PLANT |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 S 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Northrup: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitschke | Bentonite | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northrup in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northrup | $40,000 | A mobile home was rolled over and destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northrup | $5,000 | A barn roof was partially destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds. Survey could not find a definitive tornado track so damage is being recorded as strong thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Northrup | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail in Northrup. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northrup | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down several large Oak trees blocking FM 448 at FM 2239. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Northrup | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378767. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.